The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up.

I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

About every four years, someone says to me, "I've got a friend who looks exactly like you." What can you say to this?

I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough.

Obviously I am not bothered about men's fashion - is anyone, apart from Jonathan Ross?

The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up.